Write blog post about new Helmholtz Codebase GitLab domain

• Announcing that Helmholtz Codebase GitLab is made available under a new domain and that requests to the previous domain will be redirected.

Closes #339 (closed)

_posts/2022/2022-08-02-new-codebase-domain.md

+---
+title: "Helmholtz Codebase GitLab under new domain"
+title_image: jingda-chen-4F4B8ohLMX0-unsplash.jpg
+date: 2022-08-02
+authors:
+  - hueser
+layout: blogpost
+categories:
+  - News
+tags:
+  - Announcement
+  - GitLab
+  - Domain
+  - Codebase
+excerpt: >
+  On November 11th, 2022, Helmholtz Codebase GitLab will be available under a
+  new domain
+  <a href="https://codebase.helmholtz.cloud">https://codebase.helmholtz.cloud</a>.
+  The previous domain
+  <a href="https://gitlab.hzdr.de">https://gitlab.hzdr.de</a>
+  will redirect to this new domain.
+  Nothing else changes for the users.
+---
+
+## The Reason Why
+
+HIFIS offers cloud services to all members in the Helmholtz Association.
+This also includes the GitLab service that is made available by colleagues
+of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR).
+To account for the large user base outside of the HZDR that is using GitLab
+on a daily basis we came up with the idea to run a small competition to suggest
+names for this Helmholtz-wide GitLab service.
+At the end of this competition most of the participants voted for
+"Helmholtz Codebase" as the new successor of the previous name "HZDR GitLab".
+The implication comes natural that we also have to adapt the domain name of the
+GitLab service accordingly.
+
+## The New Domain
+
+The Helmholtz GitLab has already been referred to as the **Helmholtz Codebase**
+for quite a while now.
+First, we made it available under a secondary domain.
+Now, we decided to swap these domains and make Helmholtz Codebase GitLab
+available under the new primary domain
+[https://codebase.helmholtz.cloud](https://codebase.helmholtz.cloud).
+Requests for the previous primary domain
+[https://gitlab.hzdr.de](https://gitlab.hzdr.de)
+are redirected.
+
+## Which Changes Do the Users Face?
+
+On November 11th, 2022, users have the choice between the Codebase domain and
+the previous HZDR domain.
+Requests to the previous HZDR domain are redirected to the Codebase domain.
+Apart from that, nothing else changes for the users.
+
+## What if ...
+
+In case you are facing issues with the new domain name or the redirect please
+let us know.
+You can either write us an email to
+<a href="mailto:support@hifis.net">support@hifis.net</a>
+or open a ticket in our HelpDesk on
+[https://support.hifis.net](https://support.hifis.net).
+Thank you very much!
+
+Happy collaboration and happy coding!